Cover for ironing-boards.



PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906.

W. E. HAZARD. COVER FOR IRONING BOARDS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 23, 1905.

jlf VE/V 1 0R WILLIAM E. HAZARD, or ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

COVER FOR lRONlNG-BOARDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

Application filed August 23, 1905. Serial No. 275,436.

T at whom it mag concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. HAZARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Covers for ironing-Boards, of. which the following is a specification.

My invention relatesto an ironing-board cover and meansfor fastening the same to the board, and has for its object to insure a tight and smooth surface to the cover over the entire top side of the board.

The invention consists in features of novelty, as hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accom anying drawings, forming part of this spec cation, whereon t Figure 1 is a to plan of an ironing-board with its cover (bro en away) secured thereto according to my invention; Fig. 2, an inverted plan of the board, showing the lapped lateral portions of the cover united to each other at their edges before connecting the ends and tightening the cover to the board;

Fig. 3, a similar view to Fig; 2, showing the cover completely fastened and tightened throughout to the board; F' 4, an inverted plan of the board, omittin t e cover; Fig. 5, a cross-section to enlarge scale through the board and cover in their fastened position on line 5 5 in Figs. 1 and 3; Fig. 6, an inverted lan to enlarged scale of one of the double iiooks or fasteners formi partpf my invention and applied to a portion of, the cover, as

seen in F1 s.'2 and 3; and 7, a side view of the hook, as seen in Fig. 5, detached from the cover.

Like letters and numerals of reference denote like parts in all the figures.

a; represents an ironin -board havi a cover I), which is compose of cloth or ot er.

suitable fabric-or material, the lateral and end portions 1 and 2, respectively, of the cover I) passing over the corresponding edges of the board a and underlapping the same, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 5; Through the cover b adjacent to its side edges and atsuitable intervals along the same are. formed eyelet-holes 3, and through each end portion 2 of the cover I) is a similar eyelet-hole 3', (or more than one eyelet-hole 3 may be used, if desired.) In each eyelet-hole 3 3 is removably inserted one of two combined hooks or catches 4, (seen particularly in Figs. 6 and 7,) which are arranged opposite to each other in the same plane at a suitable distance apart,

the shanks 5 of the two hooks 4 being united together integrally (or otherwise) by a preferably fiat bar 6, which when the hook 4 is engaged in the eyelet-hole 3 (or 3) is parallel to the under side of the ironing-board a, with the outer hook or catch 4 extended outward from the edge of the cover I).

c is a cord which when the cover I) is placed over the board a, with its side and end portions 1 and 2 underlappin the same, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3, is passe to and fro across the space between the side portions 1 and hitched onto the opposite outer hooks 4 thereof alternately laclng-wise, and the cord 0 being then pulled taut draws the side edges 1 and adjacent portions of the cover I) together, when the meeting end portions of the cord 0 are tied or otherwise joined together,

as shown in Fig. 2, (or in lieu of the cord 0 an endless cord may be used, if desired.) The end strands of the cord (1, which extend squarely across the s ace between the opposite end hooks 4 are t en pulled outward and hitched onto the outer hooks or catches 4 of the underlapping end portions'2 of the cover b, which causes the latter, with the side portions 1, to be-simultaneously drawn toward each other or stretched,- thereby tightening thecover 1) throughout and imparting thereto a perfectly smooth ironing-surface.

(i represents cleats, which I preferably interpose between the board. a and the underlappin side and'end portions 1 and 2 of the cover for easing the bearing-pressure of the heads of the hooks 4'on the table 7, (indicated in Fig. 5,) which supports the ironingboard a, with its cover I), or the cleats (1 may be dispensed with. y

and so releasing the cord 0 -By unt from the h d dlis 4, the cover I) is easily detached from theboard a, and by disengaging the hooks 4 from the e elet-holes 3 3 the cover I) can be reverse or cleaned or the hooks 4 utilized for other covers.

By my invention an ironing-board is provided over its entire top side with a smooth and compactly-fitting cover which can be made indifferent sizes according to the size and confi ation of the board.

What claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

ironing-board cover, having its edges and-adjacent portions underlapping the said board at its sides and endsrespectlvely, and having a series of eyelet-holes through the said portions, a hook adapted to be remov- IIO Q czar-cc ably engaged in each of the said holes and name to this specification in the presence of connected to an outer hook, and a cordadapttwo subscribing Witnesses. ed to engage the outer hooks in their assembled position, for drawing the said ortions j WILLIAM'E' HAZARD 5 toward each other and tightening t e cover Witnesses:

to the said board, substantially as described. MARY D. WHIrooMB,

In testimony whereof Lhave signed my EDWARD. W. FURRELL. 

